Tank-hose connection.



S. I. PEDIGO.

TANK HOSE CONNECTION.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 1918.

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edi aa i t c nty .etMeri and. State of Indiana, have inventdcertainfnewand useful improvements in Tank-Hose strain the water as it issues fromthe tank of the tender to the locomotive and to provide means wherebythe strainer may be freed of sediment and accumulations of solidparticles whenever found necessary or desirable.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a view in side elevation of the connection embodying thepresent invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view therethrough.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a railway locomotive tendertank of the ordinary construction and 2 indicates the discharge hosewhich is connected with the tank through the medium of the connectionembodying the present invention, the hose being designed to supply waterto the locomotive boiler in the usual manner and being provided withmeans not shown) whereby it may be connected with a source of steamsupply from the locomotive when it is desired to clean the strainer ofthe connection.

The connection embodying the present invention comprises tubularsections, one indicated by the numeral 3 and the other by the numeral 4,which sections are connected end to end by means of a union 5, thesection 3 being connected at its inner end in any suitable manner withthe discharge from the tank 1 and the section 4 at its outer end beingprovided with a hose connection 6 of any suitable type. v

The strainer is indicated in general by the numeral 7 and preferablycomprises a foraminous conical body having at its larger end an annularflange 8 which is fitted between the ends of the sections 3 and 4 whichare connected by the union 5, the strainer being arranged with its minorend extending in the direction of the outer end of the section 4. Nearits forward end the section 3 of the connection is provided with by{ thenumeral 10 and arranged-therein is 0111; eff valve indicated by the 3numeral In a like manner the section 41- of the connection; is providedwith a dowi'iwardly- -ex tending branch 12 having a cut ofi valve 13 andbyreference to Fig. 2 of the drawings it will be observed that thebranch 10 is located rearwardly of the strainer 7 and the branch 12forwardly of the said strainer. Under ordinary conditions the valves 11and 13 will remain closed. When it is desired to clean the strainer 7.and remove therefrom any accumulations of solid particles, the hose 2is connected to a source of steam supply, after which valve 11 is openedallowing steam to pass through the section 4: and through the openingsof the strainer, thereby dislodging any accumulations within thestrainer, the dislodged accumulations being discharged through the pipe10. After the strainer has been cleaned the hose is disconnected fromthe source of steam supply and the valve 11 is closed. The valve 13 maythen be opened and water flowing through the strainer will dislodge anysolid particles which may have accumulated upon the outer surface of thestraineia and these particles will be discharged with the water throughthe branch 12.

In order that the valves 11 and 13 may be conveniently operated from apoint Within the locomotive cab, rods 14 and 15 are connected to thehandles of the said valves 11 and 13, respectively, and are led into thecab of the locomotive (not shown).

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: l

1. A hose connection of the class described comprising a pipe adapted atits dischar e end for the connection thereto of the ose, spaced outletbranches leading downwardly from the pipe, a cut-off valve arrangedwithin each of said branches, the valves being independently operable,and a strainer arranged within the pipe between the said brancheswhereby one of the branches will be located between the strainer and thedischarge end of the pipe and the other branch will be located betweenthe strainer and the inlet end of the pipe.

2. A hose connection of the class described comprising a pipe adapted atits dis-. charge end for the connection thereto of the hose, spacedoutlet branches leading downwardly from the pipe, a cut-0E valve aradownwardly- 'extending;

ranged within each of said branches, the Valves being independentlyoperable, a strainer arranged within the pipe between the said brancheswhereby one of the branches will be located between the st ainer and.the discharge end of the pipe and the other branch will be locatedbetween the strainer and the inlet end'of the pipe, and operating rodsconnected to the cut-off valves within the pipe branches.

8.1K hose connection of the class de scribed comprising a. pipe adaptedat its discharge end for the connection thereto of the hose, spacedoutlet branches leading downwardly from the pipe, cut-off Valve arrangedwithin each of said branches, the valves being independently operable,the said pipe being formed in sections connected sep-arably to eachother at a point between the said branches, and a strainer arrangedwithin the pipe at the point of connection of the said sections thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

SANFORD I. PEDIGO. [11.8.]

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